Quoting Paul Ford 🔗
<blockquote cite="https://ftrain.com/aboard-the-web-is-more-than-enough"><p>The web browser is very, very, very powerful software for application [...]
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datasette-llm 0.1a10 🔗
<p><strong>Release:</strong> <a href="https://github.com/datasette/datasette-llm/releases/tag/0.1a10">datasette-llm 0.1a10</a></p> [...]
datasette-apps 0.3a0 🔗
<p><strong>Release:</strong> <a href="https://github.com/datasette/datasette-apps/releases/tag/0.3a0">datasette-apps 0.3a0</a></p> [...]
datasette-agent 0.5a0 🔗
<p><strong>Release:</strong> <a href="https://github.com/datasette/datasette-agent/releases/tag/0.5a0">datasette-agent 0.5a0</a></p> [...]
llm 0.37.1 🔗
<p><strong>Release:</strong> <a href="https://github.com/simonw/llm/releases/tag/0.37.1">llm 0.37.1</a></p> <p>A bugfix release [...]
Qwen 3.8 27B on my laptop can interpret model weights, too 🔗
<p>Yesterday's hot paper was <a href="https://rikiyat.github.io/blog/weight-space-programming/">Sparks of Weight-Space Programming: LLMs can nati [...]
I discovered a sound that leaks your exact location (and it's everywhere) - YouTube 🔗
<p><strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UytYrhYLOKI">I discovered a sound that leaks your exact location (and it's everywhere) [...]
October sponsors-only newsletter 🔗
<p>I sent out the October edition of my <a href="https://github.com/sponsors/simonw/">sponsors-only monthly newsletter</a>. If you are a sponsor [...]
llm 0.37 🔗
<p><strong>Release:</strong> <a href="https://github.com/simonw/llm/releases/tag/0.37">llm 0.37</a></p> <p>There's a <em>lot</em [...]
The U.S. Census Bureau and “Super Intelligence” 🔗
<p>I was reminded today of <a href="https://www.apolloacademy.com/ai-adoption-rate-trending-down-for-large-companies/">AI Adoption Rate Trending [...]
If in doubt, delete the uv.lock file 🔗
<p>I've been getting the occasional confusing Python dependency error since switching over to Python 3.15 and the rule I'm having to remember is: [...]
Quoting Kyle Kingsbury 🔗
<blockquote cite="https://jepsen.io/analyses/particledb-1.1.4#llm-tradeoffs"><p>More broadly, the use of LLMs erodes trust in documentation, in s [...]
How We Took Over ChatGPT Accounts 🔗
<p><strong><a href="https://www.parameter.ai/labs/we-found-a-gap-at-openai">How We Took Over ChatGPT Accounts</a></strong></p> Parameter Labs de [...]
datasette-llm 0.1a9 🔗
<p><strong>Release:</strong> <a href="https://github.com/datasette/datasette-llm/releases/tag/0.1a9">datasette-llm 0.1a9</a></p> [...]
dbreunig/nesformer 🔗
<p><strong><a href="https://github.com/dbreunig/nesformer">dbreunig/nesformer</a></strong></p> Inspired by <a href="https://divagr.com/blog/qwen [...]
API credits benefit for eligible ChatGPT subscriptions 🔗
<p><strong><a href="https://help.openai.com/en/articles/20001626-api-credits-benefit-for-eligible-chatgpt-subscriptions">API credits benefit for [...]
Building a multiplayer game world with autonomous Fable-class models 🔗
<p><strong><a href="https://twitter.com/jsnnsa/status/2115623382721126826">How I Built the Most AI-Pilled Company in the World</a></strong></p> [...]
Quoting Ben Hylak 🔗
<blockquote cite="https://twitter.com/benhylak/status/2115172657910120740"><p>every product i use should just be a headless mcp, that feeds into [...]
Quoting Ted Sanders 🔗
<blockquote cite="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50248124#50249160"><p>In general, LLM performance is incredibly multidimensional. There's [...]
GitHub Octoverse 2026 🔗
<p><strong><a href="https://github.blog/news-insights/octoverse/octoverse-commits-pushes-reach-new-highs-in-2026-as-developers-build-with-agents [...]
The October inflection point for vibe game development 🔗
<p>I've written before about how November 2025 was <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/november-2025-inflection/">an inflection point for cod [...]
Quoting Terk Terkowitz 🔗
<blockquote cite="https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/company-news/amazon-software-engineer-role-guideline-ai"><p>If your work does not benefit from [...]
Game Boy Color on My Conference Badge 🔗
<p><strong><a href="https://spf13.com/p/game-boy-color-on-my-conference-badge/">Game Boy Color on My Conference Badge</a></strong></p> I'm at Gi [...]
GPT-6.1 Terra 🔗
<p><strong><a href="https://openai.com/index/introducing-gpt-6-1-terra/">GPT-6.1 Terra</a></strong></p> It's always interesting to note which as [...]
Quoting Jason Koebler 🔗
<blockquote cite="https://www.404media.co/chatgpt-keeps-telling-people-404-media-can-solve-their-tech-support-problems/"><p>Because big tech plat [...]
webframe: evaluated as a scraper and a sandbox 🔗
<p><strong>Research:</strong> <a href="https://github.com/simonw/research/tree/main/webframe-evaluation#readme">webframe: evaluated as a [...]
Seam Cutter 🔗
<p><strong>Tool:</strong> <a href="https://tools.simonwillison.net/seam-cutter">Seam Cutter</a></p> <p>I built this weird and ve [...]
battledrones v14: Compass Rose, a four player map 🔗
<p><strong>Release:</strong> <a href="https://github.com/simonw/battledrones/releases/tag/v14">battledrones v14: Compass Rose, a four pl [...]
Quick Study 🔗
<p><strong>Tool:</strong> <a href="https://tools.simonwillison.net/quick-study-painter">Quick Study</a></p> <p>Prompt <a href="h [...]
Introducing Kimi K3.1 Pro 🔗
<p><strong><a href="https://www.kimi.ai/blog/kimi-k3-1-pro">Introducing Kimi K3.1 Pro</a></strong></p> Kimi K3.1 Pro landed on the Kimi API toda [...]